IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v16y2019i11p2014-d237654.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Seroprevalence of Leptospira spp. Infection in Cattle from Central and Northern Madagascar

Author

Listed:
  • Theresa Schafbauer

    (Bacteriology and Mycology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Veterinaerstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany)

  • Anou Dreyfus

    (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
    Faculty of Medicine, University Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland)

  • Benedikt Hogan

    (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, 20359 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy

    (Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Antananarivo, BP 566, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar)

  • Sven Poppert

    (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
    Faculty of Medicine, University Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland)

  • Reinhard K. Straubinger

    (Bacteriology and Mycology, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Veterinaerstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany)

Abstract

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of global importance, especially in tropical countries. The current Leptospira spp. seroprevalence in cattle from central and northern Madagascar is unknown. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence resulting from infections with pathogenic Leptospira spp. in zebu cattle from these areas. Serum samples from 194 animals were tested by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) using a panel of 12 serovars as antigens. Samples with a titer of ≥1:100 were considered positive. The overall seroprevalence was 59.3% (95% CI; 52.0–66.2%) with titers ranging from 1:100 to 1:1600. Among the seropositive animals, the most frequent antibody reactions were against serovar L. Tarassovi (serogroup L. Tarassovi) with 40.2% (33.3–47.5%), followed by L. Hardjo ( L. Sejroe) with 13.9% (9.5–19.8%), L. Grippotyphosa ( L. Grippotyphosa) with 9.8% (6.2–15.1%), L. Pomona ( L. Pomona) with 7.7% (4.5–12.7%) and L. Autumnalis ( L. Autumnalis) with 5.2% (2.6–9.5%). Less than 5% of the samples reacted positively against the remaining serovars. These results indicate a very high exposure of Malagasy cattle to Leptospira spp. which, consequently, poses a definite risk for people working with cattle acquiring this zoonotic infection.

Suggested Citation

  • Theresa Schafbauer & Anou Dreyfus & Benedikt Hogan & Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy & Sven Poppert & Reinhard K. Straubinger, 2019. "Seroprevalence of Leptospira spp. Infection in Cattle from Central and Northern Madagascar," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-10, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:11:p:2014-:d:237654
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/11/2014/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/11/2014/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Nantawan Yatbantoong & Rattanawat Chaiyarat, 2019. "Factors Associated with Leptospirosis in Domestic Cattle in Salakphra Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-11, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Asmalia Md-Lasim & Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib & Mardani Abdul-Halim & Ahmad Mohiddin Mohd-Ngesom & Sheila Nathan & Shukor Md-Nor, 2021. "Leptospirosis and Coinfection: Should We Be Concerned?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-17, September.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:11:p:2014-:d:237654. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.